Peer-to-peer network communications

[Guest]

We are an office of 6. All of our computers are networked together. We use
dial up for our internet through aol so we only have one email address. We
are looking for a way to have communication (like instant messaging) between
our computers on a peer-to-peer network without using an email address or
network address. How would we set this up? Thank you!

 

[Malke]

We are an office of 6. All of our computers are networked together.
We use dial up for our internet through aol so we only have one email
address. We are looking for a way to have communication (like instant
messaging) between our computers on a peer-to-peer network without
using an email address or
network address. How would we set this up? Thank you!

With XP, you can either use net send or third-party software similar to
Win Popup. Please note the "gotcha" with using net send under SP2 here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839018

Here is a page on the shareware download site Tucows with some lan
messenger programs for you to look at:

http://www.tucows.com/lanmessengers95_default.html

Malke

 

[Guest]

Are there any LAN messengers that are free?

With XP, you can either use net send or third-party software similar to
Win Popup. Please note the "gotcha" with using net send under SP2 here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839018

Here is a page on the shareware download site Tucows with some lan
messenger programs for you to look at:

http://www.tucows.com/lanmessengers95_default.html

Malke
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MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
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[Malke]

Are there any LAN messengers that are free?

I don't know since I don't use them. Try Googling for "free lan
messenger software".

Malke